I'm a total newbie when it comes to learning japanese but I really wan to learn it. I know basic sayings and what not but when I get into sentences and things I get lost and hiragana and Kanji completely confusses me. Anyone have any pointer?

first thing i did when i was in you situation was to find a japanese class.....then i was handed the hiragana and katana charts and i started learning hiragana and then katakana and then kanji.......thats the steps you should take if you want to

I'm new too. I have the same problem. There are no Japanese schools near by. So I'm learning as much as I can on my own. At first I didn't know how to start. I purchased the hiragana learning pack from the shop and it really helped. Now I know a few words and can read many things in hiragana, even though I don't know what most of them say. I was really surprised how fast I learned things from that pack.

I'm new too. I have the same problem. There are no Japanese schools near by. So I'm learning as much as I can on my own. At first I didn't know how to start. I purchased the hiragana learning pack from the shop and it really helped. Now I know a few words and can read many things in hiragana, even though I don't know what most of them say. I was really surprised how fast I learned things from that pack.

what was the pack called? I'm self teaching myself aswell and something like that would come on handy. I do alot of listening and pick in up that way. I download Anime in japanese to try to pick up phrases. I'm getting a good grip on speaking the language in small amounts but reading or writing it in anyway had got me lost. lol

I didn't think it was expensive and you can download it and print it. I thought it was fun the tips it gives you on how to remeber. Also when you learn each set of hiragana it comes with some vocabulary that uses only hiragana that you have learned.